Chart-exhibitor.



R. H. STONE.

CHART EXHIBITOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27, 1909.

1,036,926, Patented Aug". 27, 1912.

COLUMBIA PLANCIGRAPH (10., WASHINGTON, D. c.

RICHARD H. STONE, F WILKINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGN OR TO THE WESTING- HOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA. l

' CHART-EXHIBITOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 2?, 1912., Application filed November, 27, 1909. Serial No. 530,191.

T 0 all whom it may concern: the rod 11 engaging theoutermost rod 6, the

Be it known that I, RICHARD H. Sronn, a charts are carried rearwardly and wound citizen of the United States, residing at up with the curtain 8. A compact roll is Wilkinsburg, in the county of Allegheny and thus formed with the curtain constituting 5 State of Pennsylvania, have invented new an. outer covering for the chart 60 and useful Improvements in Chart-Exhibi- If it is desired to use the charts, the handle tors, of which the following is a specifica- 1.3 is rotated in a clockwise direction, theretion. by unrolling the charts and the curtain.

This invention relates to racks adapted for Preferably the curtain 8 is disengaged from 10 exhibiting charts, maps, diagrams, or simithe reel when using the charts, screw eyes 5 lar devices and the principal object of my 14: being secured to the base board 1 for invention is to provide an improved device hanging up the rod 11 of the curtain when of the above character adapted to be easily the curtain is not in use. manipulated and which is compact, of sim- In order to exhibit a particular chart, the

15 ple construction, and inexpensive to manurotation of the reel is continued in a clockfacture. wise direction until the charts are partly Referring to the accompanying drawing, wound up as shown in Fig. 1, from which it Figure 1 is a front or face view of a rack will be noted that the lower edge of each embodying my improvement; Fig. 2 a cenchart is exposed, so that, by placing suitable 2 tral sectional view of the reel port-ion theredesignations on said. edges, a certain desired of; and Fig. 3 a transverse section taken on chart may be located while the reel is in the the line aa of Fig. 1. above position. The reel is then further ro- According to the preferred construction, tat-ed, at the same time holding the chart as shown in the drawing, a base board 1 may selected against the reel, and the charts above 25 be provided, upon which are secured brack are thereby caused to flop over to the rearets or standards 2 having bearings for a ward side of the reel. The reel is now alreel shaft 3. On the shaft 3 within and lowed to rotate in the opposite or counteradjacent to the brackets 2 are plates l havclockwise direction, the weight of the charts ing inwardly facing annular grooves or rebeing sufficient to turn the reel so that the 30 cesses 5, said plates being secured to the charts will hang substantially in a vertical shaft 3 by pins 7, preferably extending out plane with the selected chart exposed. Any so as to intersect the grooves 5. The charts other chart may be brought into position for 12 are secured to rods 6, which are made exhibiting by repeating the above operation, flexible and have projecting ends, so that by as will be apparent.

35 springing or flexing the rods, the projecting When through using the charts, the handle ends may be inserted within the grooves 5 13 is rotated in acounter-clockwise direction, and the charts thereby suspended on the reel. the curtain rod 11 having been sprung into For the purpose of protecting the charts position in the grooves 5, and the charts are when not in use, a covering is preferably thereby wound into a roll with the curtain 40 provided, consisting of a curtain 8 having a covering the same. rod 9 fastened thereto along one edge, said Having now described my invention, what rod being mounted in screw eyes 10 secured I claim as new and desire to secure by Letto the base board 1. The opposite edge of ters Patent, is the curtain is provided with a rod 11 which 1. In a chart exhibitor, the combination 45 is similar to the rods 6 and is adapted to be with a reel having members provided with inserted within the grooves 5. grooves, of flexible rods adapted to be in- The charts being mounted on the reel sorted in said grooves and having charts tend to gravitate to the lowermost position secured thereto, and a stop device for limit in the grooves 5, as shown in Fig. 3 and the ing the travel of said rods in the grooves.

50 curtain rod 11 being inserted in the grooves 2. In a chart exhibitor, the combination in front of the pins 7 by rotating in a counwith a reel comprising a shaft, an operating ter clockwise direction, an operating handle handle on said shaft, and members secured 13 secured to one end of the reel shaft 3, the to said shaft and provided with annular curtain 8 may be wound on the reel by the grooves, of flexible rods having charts se- 55 cured thereto and provided with projecting l 10 engagement of rod 11 with the pins 7 and charts mounted on said reel, and a curtainv J detachably securedlat one end to the reel and Witnesses:

ends adapted to be sprung into saidgrooves charts to form a complete protective cover- 10 to thereby mount the charts upon the reel, ing for the charts.

and fixed pins in said grooves for limiting In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the travel of the rods in the grooves. my hand.

3. A chart exhibitor comprising a reel, RICHARD dfi at the other end to a stationary support and W. W. MARTIN, adapted when Wound on said reel with the I A. M. GLEMENTS.

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